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High-risk hearts: a South Asian epidemic

Why is heart disease increasing at a greater rate in South Asia than in any other region globally? Large-scale population studies in Pakistan and Bangladesh aim to discover the basis of a little-studied public health problem of epidemic proportions.

Research hopes to increase available donor kidneys

Donor kidneys from individuals who have recently died from cardiac arrest perform just as well in recipients as kidneys from traditional ‘brain-dead’ donors, scientists have found.

Scientists find “missing link” between heart failure and environment

Scientists have found what they believe is the missing link between heart failure, our genes and our environment. The study could open up completely new ways of managing and treating heart disease.